Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 October 1949 — Page 10

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ROY W. HOWARD WALTER LECKRONE HENRY W. MANZ President Editor Business Manager

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You don’t get light by hiding it under a bushel. And this Air Force, Navy, Army unification affair needs light more than any other issue we know. The public (the people) are entitled to see. They pay, not only in dollars but in lives, when the shooting or the bombing starts. ~ This whole controversy has got so far into a fog of protocol and military mechanics that “all the public can visualize is confusion. It has ceased to be merely a matter of Pentagon procedure. It is something for the Vinson

Armed Services Committee to unwrap completely.

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we think the Senate ought to join in. “National security” is being overworked as a reason for the hush-hush. It has become a too convenient curtain. Navy Secretary Francis Matthews tried to draw the curtain again when he sought to exclude from public hearing the testimony of Adm. Arthur Radford, Pacific Fleet commander. We have a feeling that Adm. Radford might know more about naval affairs than even the Secretary, and we say that with all due respect for Mr. Matthews’ distinguished record as a member of the Board of Directors of the Omaha and United States Chambers of Commerce.

. r . . . » BUT beyond both of these and other individuals we would prefer the opinion of the American people on this question of national safety—after the light has been turned on. That, in accord with Abraham Lincoln's idea that everybody knows more than anybody. The American people are represented by their Congress. It is the governmental institution closest to the

people. It has to fight for its life every two years, so far

as the House is concerned. And in this matter the House,

up to now, has the committee in charge. This is no time

for the Vinson Committee to haul out that ‘bushel. Capt.

John G. Crommélin has been put under arrest, is threatened with court-martial and is otherwise being muzzled. He

spearheads this business. We don't presume here to pass on the merits of his contention, which Adms. Denfeld, Radford and Bogan have supported. We merely say, take off the muzzle, remove the blinders, and let the people know. The House Armed Services Committee is to be commended for its step in that direction. It has voted to hear the admirals in the open.

The War Against Greece

THE

Soviet Union has told the United Nations there can

be no Balkan settlement unless Greece stops the execution of anti-government leaders. This is asking Greece to suspend its laws against murder and treason. Most of the guerrillas sentenced to death by Greek courts have been convicted of one, if not both, of

these crimes.

Thousands of unoffending, defenseless citizens, men, women and children, have been mowed down from ambush by the Communist bandits. Many others have died by torture or have been driven into the hills to starve. The amnesty Russia seeks would serve those responsible for such

crimes.

A ‘settlement on Soviet terms would not be an honor-

able peace but an abject surrender to organized banditry.

The proposal Russia is supporting includes formation of a “coalition” government, in which the fifth column owing allegiance to Moscow would have substantial representation. Given that, and the withdrawal of American support—an-

other Russian demand—and Greece would go the way of

Hungary and Czechoslovakia.

» » ” » THE war in Greece is not a civil war, in the sense that it is a war of Greek against Greek. It is a new-style Communist war, between a legil government and a Red fifth [column openly supported by two of Moscow's puppets, Bulgaria and Albania. Actually, it is a war against Greece by the Soviet bloc, headed by Russia. The government of Greece was the free choice of its ~—— own people, at an election attended by official American, British and French observers. Russia was invited to participate on the same basis we were, but declined: in favor of continuing her familiar tactics of sabotage and underground warfare. Having failed to win by those tactics, the Soviets now ask the United Nations to intervene and turn the coun- - try over to its Benedict Arnolds.

‘No Difference’ T= American Federation of Labor convention at St. Paul hak voted unanimously to collect $2 from each of the 7,241,000 members of AFL unions for a 1950 polit-

ical war chest.

Top AFL leaders say they will wage “the greatest politfecal campaign in history” to defeat Sens. Taft of Ohio, Dulles of New York and other Republicans, and to elect a Congress “friendly to labor.” Certainly, if they tap union members for over $14 million, it will be one of the most lavishly financed political campaigns in history.

We are reminded of a statement made on the floor of

the United States Senate on Jan. 18, 1944, by a Democrat, Sen. Harry S. Truman of Missouri: “There is no difference between a labor leader with too much money to spend on an election and Mark Hanna with too much money to spend on an election.”

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Call for Inventors REVOLUTION has struck the building industry. A couple of ex-Army engineers have perfected a bricklaying machine they say will step up bricklaying speeds thee or four

Here's what we'd like to see come next: An automatic ting machine that bears such delicate adjustments that it will daub anybody's walls with the exact shade the missus wants—and on the first try, too. The contraption cost & few painters their jobs, but those who would ould be a at lappa

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EUROPE . . . By Ludwell Denny ‘Recovery’ Dim For Germany

Exists on American Dole; \ Faces Many Big Problems \

FRANKFURT, Oct. 8 — West German economic “recovery” is exaggerated. She exists on an American dole.

Her chance of becoming self-supporting at

the end of Marshall aid in 1952 is nil. Before she can support herself, there will have to be a

reunion of West Germany and the Soviet Zone,’

plus a revival of East-West trade in which she

can exchange manufactured goods for the food

and raw’ materials she dacks.

Even then it is doubtful if she can recover |

without regaining the provinces annexed by Russia and Poland—one-quarter of her prewar area. - Her economic problem is essentially the same as that of Britain, but multiplied many times. The exaggerated story of West German “recovery” arose over misunderstanding of production figures. Thanks largely to currency reform and Marshall dollars, industrial production rose from 47 per cent of the 1936 level in May, 1948, to 90 per cent last March. That spurt, however, still left her behind the 115 per cent average of West European nations and far short of the 120-130 per cent minimum required for self-sufficiency.

Production Falls Back

NOW production has fallen back to 87 per cent, and she is having difficulty finding markets for that. When Marshall aid ends she will be running a half billion dollar annual deficit at best, and probably much more. She has to import a billion dollars worth of food and can pay for only a third of it. Without continuing foreign aid she can’t get food for her workers or raw materials for her factories, Here are some of her problems: She must support three-quarters of prewar Germany's population with only half its industrial and agricultural resources. Meanwhile the value of her own agricultural production is a fourth less than prewar, although there are twothirds more farm workers.

Population Unbalanced

HER population is not only a quarter more than she can support, but is unbalanced with too many aged and maimed. Women in the 20-30 age bracket outnumber men 17 to 10. Productivity is low in industry. Output per man hour is two-thirds pre-war. Plants are partially destroyed, worn and antiquated. Although low wages keep labor costs onefourth under prewar, prices are so high she cannot compete in a buyers’ world market. Her housing shortage-40 per cent—is the worst in Europe. She lacks capital to house her population, modernize her plants, restore her mines and transport, and expand her electric power. Despite the greater need, the rate of gross investment is

one-third below prewar. A minimum of $12 billion investment capital is required during the ’

next three years. She hasn't got it. Foreign private capital is not in sight.

Wide Trade Gap HER trade gap is tremendous. While the volume of imports is reaching the pre-war level, exports are only half, And this is despite dollar subsidies which will stop. The Marshall ald program was based on the assumption that West Germany would get more

| than a half billion dollars worth of East-West

trade both ways annually—or one-fifth of her total. But there is very little in fact or in prospect. Other things being equal, the Germans, presumably, would outstrip some of their neighbors and repeat the rapid comeback of the previous post-war period. But last time Germany had not lost a fourth of her territory and had the remainder divided; her major cities and plants were not destroyed; she was not occupied by foreign armies; hér eastern markets were not gone and she was able to get foreign private capital. «

BEAUTY

Beauty is not a garnered thing Locked within a case In silent halls of museums Like jewels or Sevres vase.

Beauty is found a living joy In daily sights one sees From every promised greening spring To autumn'’s bold bright trees.

The sunlight blooms on branches, Forsythia's yellow flower, That comes, an annual herald Of spring's first freshening hour.

When autumn's gold is faded Frozen stars of snow Drift through minarets of pearl Arched on trees below.

Beauty is not a bartered thing, Measured by coin we pay, It's ours, if opened eyes can see Beauty along our way. ~—MARCELLINE SPENCER BRUCKER, 8502 N. LaSalle St.

LIVING CONDITIONS . . . By Bruce Biossat

Welfare Safeguards

. WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—Russell W. Davenport, writing in Fortune, believes America can provide its citizens with the welfare safeguards they demand, without falling into socialism. In his view the whole burden of saving the situation rests upon the business community. Unless our business leaders take the initiative in bettering the conditions of life for the average | man, he says, then the nation will drift into a socialist pattern. Mr. Davenport concludes that the American system revolves | about the rights to life, liberty andsthe pursuit of happiness. He | classifies these respectively as economic, political and spiritual rights. And he thinks the economic rights aré most critical to the issue whether we are ultimately to have state control. Socialism assumes goyernment must assure economic rights, that business necessarily must devote itself to market and other. | strictly business problems, Mr. Davenport disagrees, saying that | holders of such a view are confusing economic and political . rights. He says government is ill adapted to taking care of the

economic variety.

Able to Find Solution

“THE people who are best able to implement such rights, -in all their manifold aspects, are the people actually engaged in the economic process, namely, the owners, managers and workers. Between them they know, or can find out, what the troubles are, how to fix them, how to provide better solutions for the future, and what the costs of such solutions will be.” { The way to avoid socialism; Mr. Davenport adds, is not to deny people their economic rights—as some apparently would. It is to transfer to private hands the primary responsibility for

those rights.

As a starter, he sees three avenues along which businessmen

might move in seizing the initiative,

One is economic security, defined by him as the right to be able to live in a society, participate in it, in a permanent and confident way. Mr: Davenport declares that worker opinion indicates more stable employment would do more than insurance

systems to satisfy this need.

‘Must Humanize Operations’

SECONDLY, he says industry and businesss must humanize. isn't enough; a worker neéds a “sense of belonging.” He wants to be treated as a human being, not a payroll number. Continues Mr. Davenport: humanization of industry is something that has to be unde with the utmost earnestness and it must have the person tention and enthusiasm of the topmost executive.” Third, employees need to have genuine participation ‘n the destiny of a business, If they get it, says Mr. Davenport, their individual productive energies will be released in a way beneficial both to. them and the enterprise in which they are engaged. ‘He concedes that many enterprises have taken steps to protect and expand economic rights, but insists that too few * have tried, that efforts generally grudging.

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SUFFRAGE .

Ey Dovgles Larsen

Seek to 'Arouse Women Voters

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—Today’s professional fighters for the rights of women have a far more modest goal than the vision of political equality with men, which inspired the early suffragette leaders to their noble efforts. The-great political purge, the great revitalizing of the whole American government process which giving. the vote to women was supposed to produce, never materialized. It has

turned out that women really don't give much _

of a hoét about voting. If they do get around to it, it’s usually at their husband’s urging. And when they scan the ballot, if they don’t sée the name of a man whom they think to be “cute” chances are they’ll follow their husband's advice on the matter. The great social and economic liberation which political freedom was supposed to prgduce for the gals has been the other way around. What little policy influence they exert today has largely been won through the social and economic liberation they got at first. And those freedoms have been won more by such crusaders as Max Factor and Hattie Carnegie than by the professional women's rights fighters.

A Man's Game?

IN SHORT, the women who bother about it are now ready to admit that politics is a man’s game—Perle Mesta, Ginger Rogers’ mother and Bogey’s Baby notwithstanding. It will be recalled that the latter two women figured rather inconspicuously in the congressional Hollywood Commie probe a couple of years ago. The exceptions such as Margaret Chase Smith and Helen Gahagan Douglas have been too rare over the years to prove anything except their rarity.

Proof of all of this can be found in the big .

new program of the League of Women Voters which has just been launched here. A spokesman for the League calls it, “the most ambitious drive this organization has ever undertaken.” The official announcement explains it as “a series of eleven regional conferences to

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train leaders of the League in ways to arouse women voters to accept party Tesponaibility.” . Miss Anna Lord Strauss, national president of the League, Sounds the following keynote: “The connecting link between you and your government offici is the political party. High government offic will make the final decisions on problems of peace and prosperity, ut

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these officials shall be. You can take an active part in the political party if you wish. “Politics is everybody's business.” Compared to the fighting talk of such oldtime leaders of women as Susan B. Anthony, Miss Strauss’ keynote is pretty mild. It would certainly be a shock to Susan B. Anthony to discover that 100 years later, her valiant and successful fight to get women the vote had degenerated into a fight to get them to use it.

Show 'em the Way

THE big excuse that the League gives today for women failing to take a significant place in U. 8. politics is that it's just too tough for them to get started in the game. This drive, apparently, is to cure that by showing them how to get started. ‘A pamphlet called “What's —a Quiz,” is to be the Bible and guide of the League's drive. The publication is unique in that none of the questions which are asked in it are answered. The questions are supposed to be so challenging to the female mind that they send the reader off in hot chase for the answers. Thén when she finds the answers she’ll be all fired up to get into politics. A League spokesman explains the interesting reason for a pamphlet in this unusual form. For 3ix years the League staff tried to get out one which was to be called “Know Your Party.” They finally discovered that there wasn’t’ enough difference between the principles of the national Democratic and Republican organizations to fill even a small pamphlet.

Quiz Publication

THEN they discovered that there were too many differences among the state organizations of the same party for even a large pamphlet to try to explain. 30 they put all:of the unancwered questions which they had been collecting over a period of six years and made a pamphlet out of them instead. By flooding the country with the League's new quiz publication and with the 11 regional conferences Miss Strauss hopes that by the 1950 election “all women will be active workers in the party of their choice.”

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on a vital center of military or political target would be destructive—locally. It would have - = only minor effect a few miles from where it ° was dropped. One or more germ bombs would not have an immediate effect at the point of 3a drop, but within about 24 hours, hundreds of people .

an ever-increasing radius, causing terrible phys- . fcal suffering and an ever no medical science would beable to cope with. ; .Some will say that all this is idle chatter, - but we as a people dare not neglect THioklag » about all possibilities. If we are to believe everything Wwe read about. the brutality of the Soviet leadership, and that it is in a desperate internal situatien, do we think for a moment that its. military leaders would hesitate to make war with the most de-.. structive arm? 2 ® * o

‘Beware of False Prophets’ By Edward F. Maddox, Oity

The American people are, at long last, ot: ting educated concerning the fundamental evils of socialism and communism--two names for the same pqlitical poison of Karl Marx. TI have diagnosed, to my own satisfaction, the fundamental methods of the Socialists and Commu< * nists and have, after much ‘study, concluded: that since confiscation of private property is’ one of the main objectives of both parties, * the Socialists intend to rob us by legal means - and the Communists by armed force. But that is not the worst purpose of the Red Marxists. Their main objective, I believe, : is to completely destroy Christian civilization. It is my firm belief that Karl Mirx designed his Communist manifesto and his whole 8o-cialist-Communist economic and political doc" trines for the ress purpose of undermining and obliterating Christianity from the face of the earth. Let all Christians. beware of these “false prophets, these wolves in sheep's clothing.” Do you wap tobe a Red slave? y *

‘Quantity Not Quality’ By H. W. Daacke, 2333 Ransdell St.

“Menace of Socialism” in a recent Hoosier Forum letter said: “8landering, 'excoriating, maligning, attacking, sneering at and threatening...” That sure is a lot of “ings” all in one sentence. Since these are used to act as a.subterfuge to cover up deficiencies elsewhere, that résult in quantity . without much quality, Tet us all join in and help this writer in fortifying his subterfuge. Here is my donation. to the cause: : Detraction, disparagement, depreciation, villi. ‘ fication, obloquy, scurrility, defamation, aspersion, calumny, traducement, evil-speaking, backbiting (these last two should be listed with his “ings”), scandalum magnatum, chronique sean- . daleuse, and spretar injuria formae,

What Others Say

I SUPPOSE father was right in pulling me: out but I'll never get over being disappointed. If it had been left up to me I would have kept : going until I collapsed. —Shirley May Franes, after falling to swim the English Channel. t * &¢ >

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I AM not one to set up a cry that the British are coming. They are here. If Britain goes down we will go down too in a matter of menths. —Walter F. George, chairman of the Senate. Finance Committee. * & ¢

THE development of atomic power has been a spectacular and noisy development, but it's still too soon to weigh its values Zgainst other” outstanding scientific developments.—Dr. James ° B. Conant, Harvard University president. *

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“To make obstacles an excuse for doing pothing is merely to increase them,” he says. Mr. Davenport is convinced that a totally different atmosphere would develop in America if 100 leading firms would announce that henceforth they intended to be primarily responsible for economic rights and were undertaking a program of action to that end. It seems Mr. Davenport has adopted a sane dnd aggressive approach to the biggest domestic problem of our time. If socialiSm is ever to come to this country, it fault. Those who believe capitalism is the best guarantor of human well-being must prove it By making it wérk, That hey can never do If they abdicate their responsibhity,

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POLITICAL INFLUENCE . . . By Fred W. Perkins

Old-Age Vote Power

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8—The increasing numbers and grow- =| —ing—percentages—of- Siar=spoie in Tuited Stes iIeg---. have political as well as economic significance. Nearly all the millions of men and women of 65 and overmust have jobs to make a living or they must be supported by some kind of public or private pension system. Nearly all of them have votes, and as advances in medical, science make them more numerous théy can be expected to use théir political power to get what they want. The campaigns of Dr. Francis E. Townsend, and the successful efforts in all states for old age pensions may turn out te be merely curtain raisers.

More Older Voters

TAKE 50 as the dividing line between youth and age. In 1045 about 33 per cent of the people of voting age in United States were over 50. In 1960, according to predictions, those over 50 will’ constitute 37% per cent of the voters, and the probable pércéntage Jactaases to 42 in 1980. If enough people in their 40's Join with those above 50; tor assure the upkeep of the growing over-85 group, there could bé &' majority of voters right now to put over some such Project as 0. every Thursday.” < The Federal Security Agency and the Department of Labor are studying many phases of the old-age problém. But théy have no more than scratched into the questions of too-early retirement and the work abilities of people beyond year areund which retirements center.

Growing Problem

AMONG suggestions by students of the growing problem, intended to solve it without getting it into politics, are the

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: ONE: Raise the general retirement age from 85, of place i - on a fitness basis rather than a fixed year basis. . . TWO: Encourage later retirement by increasing federal old‘age pensions by 1 per cent for each month of deferment—s plan that it is said would not increase costs to the government. : THREE: Give all citizens a for their later years. : ‘ FOUR: Establish retraining schools -for older. workers, to teach them new jobs when their old ones have disappeared. : FIVE: ive amplogers nce 16 kag old worker on 56

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